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Pitching Strikeout Percentage 2026

The percentage of batters faced who strike out.

Season

Minimum workload: one inning pitched per game. Completed seasons use the league's scheduled regular-season game count; seasons in progress use team games played. This is a general pitching minimum, not a relief-pitcher qualification rule. Data through September 27, 2026. Data refreshed Oct 11, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Pitching Strikeout Percentage / 2026

Jacob Misiorowski

MIL

37.9%

Season leader

Pitching Strikeout Percentage2026 season
#	Player	Team	IP	BF	K%
1	J. MisiorowskiJacob Misiorowski	MIL	174.2	665	37.9%
2	D. CeaseDylan Cease	TOR	169.0	685	34.9%
3	G. WilliamsGavin Williams	CLE	184.1	746	33.2%
4	C. SchlittlerCam Schlittler	NYY	193.2	761	31.4%
5	C. SaleChris Sale	ATL	162.2	648	30.9%
6	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	PHI	179.2	730	30.3%
7	J. deGromJacob deGrom	TEX	162.2	668	30.1%
8	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	162.0	645	29.9%
9	R. DetmersReid Detmers	LAA	185.0	740	28.5%
10	C. CavalliCade Cavalli	WSH	169.2	706	28.3%
11	P. SkenesPaul Skenes	PIT	174.1	712	28.1%
12	T. BradleyTaj Bradley	MIN	178.1	748	27.4%
13	L. GilbertLogan Gilbert	SEA	186.0	750	27.3%
14	C. SánchezCristopher Sánchez	PHI	207.0	857	27.0%
15	D. RasmussenDrew Rasmussen	TB	172.0	669	26.0%
16	N. McLeanNolan McLean	NYM	179.2	747	26.0%
17	B. AshcraftBraxton Ashcraft	PIT	165.1	667	25.9%
18	S. BurkeSean Burke	CWS	172.1	716	25.8%
19	P. MessickParker Messick	CLE	186.1	747	25.8%
20	Y. YamamotoYoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	185.0	708	25.7%
21	B. WooBryan Woo	SEA	173.0	710	24.6%
22	S. ImanagaShota Imanaga	CHC	174.1	706	24.6%
23	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	CHC	177.2	750	24.5%
24	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	175.1	744	23.8%
25	M. GoreMacKenzie Gore	TEX	173.0	750	23.2%
26	J. SorianoJosé Soriano	TOR	177.1	745	22.7%
27	T. RogersTrevor Rogers	BAL	169.2	699	22.5%
28	F. GriffinFoster Griffin	CLE	172.2	721	21.9%
29	S. GraySonny Gray	BOS	169.0	683	21.8%
30	F. PeraltaFreddy Peralta	TB	169.0	730	21.4%
31	N. CameronNoah Cameron	KC	177.1	746	21.2%
32	M. KingMichael King	SD	185.0	757	21.0%
33	S. BazShane Baz	BAL	179.2	769	20.0%
34	G. KirbyGeorge Kirby	SEA	174.2	741	20.0%
35	R. RayRobbie Ray	SD	165.2	702	19.9%
36	M. WachaMichael Wacha	KC	200.2	812	19.5%
37	T. BibeeTanner Bibee	CLE	188.0	780	19.0%
38	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	AZ	189.2	788	18.1%
39	A. AbbottAndrew Abbott	CIN	166.0	729	18.0%
40	S. LugoSeth Lugo	KC	172.1	751	17.8%
41	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	DET	174.0	758	17.8%
42	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	214.0	894	17.1%
43	M. McGreevyMichael McGreevy	STL	168.2	702	16.4%
44	A. PallanteAndre Pallante	STL	162.0	679	16.2%
45	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	162.0	704	16.1%
46	N. MartinezNick Martinez	TB	180.0	722	15.1%

K%: The percentage of batters faced who strike out.

Understanding Pitching Strikeout Percentage

The percentage of batters faced who strike out.

Formula: 100 × SO ÷ BF

Read rates alongside playing time. A small sample can produce an extreme result, and a missing value is different from zero.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Oct 11, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC.